Women in the Abolition Movement: Historic Sites in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

Visit
historic sites in four cities that commemorate women involved
in the United States' anti-slavery movement. With free African
Americans, runaway slaves, and Quakers leading the way, the anti-slavery
movement grew stronger each year leading up to 1865 when Congress
passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, freeing all slaves.
Women, primarily those in the middle and upper classes who had
extra time to crusade, were an important element to the movement.
Click on each city below to learn more about the strong,
brave, determined women abolitionists who lived there. Information
about important locations relating to the abolition movement and
museums and libraries that commemorate the movement are also listed
so that visitors can take a female anti-slavery focused tour of
each city.

Additionally,
visit the Web site of the National Park Service to learn about
the Underground Railroad and find a list of sites throughout
the nation that were part of the Railroad.

For
more information on the Underground Railroad, please visit the Web site of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center,
located in Cincinnati, Ohio.